December 18, 2018

2018 VG18, nicknamed Farout, is the object farthest from the Sun within the solar system

A team of astronomers announced the discovery of the celestial body farthest from the Sun within the solar system. Cataloged as 2018 VG18 and nicknamed Farout, it was discovered by astronomers specializing in the search for Kuiper Belt Objects including the one nicknamed The Goblin, announced in October 2018. 2018 VG18 is much further away, currently at a distance from the Sun estimated around 120 times the Earth’s.